Life cut short: Bodies of two newborns found
They were hardly one-day old and had been dumped in a bathroom of the Gynaecology Ward of the hospital.
RAWALPINDI:
The bodies of two newborn babies were recovered from a bathroom in the Benazir Bhutto Hospital on Friday night. An official of the hospital, who requested not to be named, said that the janitorial staff informed the hospital administration about the recovery of the bodies. They were hardly one-day old and had been dumped in a bathroom of the Gynaecology Ward of the hospital. However, it could not be ascertained whether the babies were stillborn or died after they were dumped in the bathroom. The hospital administration initially tried to hush up the matter, however, later, they informed the police and Rescue 1122 and handed over the bodies to them.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 26th, 2014.
The bodies of two newborn babies were recovered from a bathroom in the Benazir Bhutto Hospital on Friday night. An official of the hospital, who requested not to be named, said that the janitorial staff informed the hospital administration about the recovery of the bodies. They were hardly one-day old and had been dumped in a bathroom of the Gynaecology Ward of the hospital. However, it could not be ascertained whether the babies were stillborn or died after they were dumped in the bathroom. The hospital administration initially tried to hush up the matter, however, later, they informed the police and Rescue 1122 and handed over the bodies to them.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 26th, 2014.